... %its nitu;z. I Apt title, thi;, for the hturdy fellows Who 1breseb the furious gale and Ipull,'might aid mnaib, Over, ?? seething billows on their enisaica of isaving life Apt story, too, for this seagbin of ?? happy Christmas- tide, when hearts are opena -and .pulse-strliugs are relaxed-when onr test feelings aire at ?? po1ii and ready to aid anudaisit Iduity good work. We venture to think, ...

... The Atheneuarn publishes this week a review of the Continental literature of 1873, arranged under the heads of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Servia and Crotia, Spain, and Sweden. Te he writers of the article on Belgium (Monsicurs de e Lavele e and Paul Freddricq) say:- Belaium. which escapet almost by a miracle the calamities of'the ...

... LITERATURE, 4RT, TfSIC, AN I - SCMENCE. ' e h(row the If ?? .) The admirers of BaluStioi; Adventure rill be glad I to bear that Mr. Browning is going to give them another 3Greek play in a modern dress; 3 Mr. Hepworth Dixon is preparing for tho press the third and fourth volumes of his work ?? Catherine and Anne Boleyn, called thq, History of Two Queens.'! The editors of Dr. Whewefl Life ...

... le (From Notes and Queries.) The following extract is apt for the Tbursday Christmas day of the present year:- Is Yf Crystmas day on Thursday be, A wyndy wynter see shalle yee, F Of wyhdes and weders all weked, n And harde tempestes stronge and tbycke. The somer shalbs good and drye, Cornys and bested shall multiplye That yere ye good londes to tylthe, And kyngee and prynces shall dye by ...

... HULL HARMONIC SOCIETY, On Thursdaynight last the great musical drama of Elijah was performed at the Pablic Rooms, Jarratt-street, by the members of the above society, assisted by competent solo principals, whose names and merits will be referred to by and by. Mendels- sohn's last great production, Elijah, as musical readers are probably aware, was first represented at the Birmingham ...

... I A Bolt that can't be drawn.-A thunderbolt. The right thing to be intoxicated ?? Strange ?? sheets in the wind. A BAcHELoR's party-A spinster, of course. Tism most popular ?? Holiday. SHOEMAKER'S motto- Never too late to mend. PitosnssORY ?? the fiddles before th. performance commences. AN old maid, Speaking of marriage, says it is like any other ?? there's life there's hope. LADIES AND ...

... M1R. RAMShEN'S CONCE1RS. TH'1E MESSIAH., Among the eurest and most seasonable t Acetas of Christmas we have again to welcome Handel's imperishable masterpiece. So wide and well sustained is its popuilarity that the enjoyments which appropriately attend the farewell holiday of the old year would scarcely seem com- plete in the towns and leading villages of the land without a performance of ...

... (Prom the Mfilliner and Dressmaler.) We are now going to point out to our readers what toilets are indispensable at this season, and what should be provided for the wardrobe of a woman of fashion. First of all, a white, red, or blue flannel dressing-gown, with slippers to match; this dressing-gown should be made shorter than such garments usually are, and should be of the shape of a long ...

... LJI TER A T Pt XE. WHAT WE OWE TO CEIRISTMAS. Years ago, let us say a score at least, the present writer remembers reading a little essay entitled `What Christ- mas is as we grow older. He was not very old at that time, and across the dreary interval of twe .ty years there steals just now, as he recalls the essay in question, a vague idea-which he is sure has no foundation in fact-that its ...